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If your child has asthma or a life-threatening allergy, please have your doctor fill out the appropriate health care plan under Medical Forms. You will also need to complete the Medication Parent Release form. 
 
For all other medications (including Tylenol, cough drops, lotions, creams, eye drops, and over-the-counter medications), please have your doctor complete the Provider Medication Authorization Form. A Medication Parent Release form is unnecessary when using the PMA form, as this statement is already included. Please remember to include a parent's signature where indicated on the PMA form.   
  • Completed forms and medications can be dropped off at the front desk.
  • Forms cannot be used for more than one year and will need a new Health Care Provider and parent signature each school year. 
All medications kept in the school Health Clinic:
  • must be in the original packaging or prescription bottle with the student's name on it.
  • must match in name, dosage, route, and time to the one listed by the authorizing physician.
  • must have an expiration date and cannot be expired.
  • cannot be shared with the Before/After School Program, so make sure you give an extra set of forms and medications to their Program Director.  
If your child has any other medical conditions such as diabetes, seizure disorder, etc., please contact your school nurse so an appropriate health plan can be written per your Physician's orders. 
 K-12th Grade School Required Immunizations
  • Immunization records are a required document we must have on file at the school.
  • Students must be up to date on all shots or have a waiver signed if they have chosen not to vaccinate your student.
  • Students will not be able to come to school until we receive the immunization records or waiver starting in the new school year.
  • We will contact all families that are not up to date on their immunizations.
  • Current 5th-grade students that will be in 6th grade the following year need to get the TDAP shot over summer break, and we need the updated record.

When you may have a respiratory virus:

Stay home and away from others (including people you live with who are not sick) if you have respiratory virus symptoms that aren't better explained by another cause. These symptoms can include fever, chills, fatigue, cough, runny nose, and headache, among others.*

  1. You can go back to your normal activities when, for at least 24 hours, both are true:

  2. Your symptoms are getting better overall, and

  3. You have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication).

  4. When you go back to your normal activities, take added precaution over the next 5 days, such as taking additional steps for cleaner air, hygiene, masks, physical distancing, and/or testing when you will be around other people indoors. This is especially important to protect people with factors that increase their risk of severe illness from respiratory viruses.

  5. Keep in mind that you may still be able to spread the virus that made you sick, even if you are feeling better. You are likely to be less contagious at this time, depending on factors like how long you were sick or how sick you were.

  6. If you develop a fever or you start to feel worse after you have gone back to normal activities, stay home and away from others again until, for at least 24 hours, both are true: your symptoms are improving overall, and you have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication). Then take added precaution for the next 5 days.

 

Each year, respiratory viruses are responsible for millions of illnesses and thousands of hospitalizations and deaths in the United States. In addition to the virus that causes COVID-19, there are many other types of respiratory viruses, including flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The good news is there are actions you can take to help protect yourself and others from health risks caused by respiratory viruses.

Core Prevention Strategies

CDC recommends five core prevention strategies for everyone to help protect themselves and others from severe respiratory illnesses.

CDC recommends that all people use core prevention strategies. These are important steps you can take to protect yourself and others:

  1. Stay up to date with immunizations

  2. Practice good hygiene (practices that improve cleanliness)

  3. Take steps for cleaner air

  4. When you may have a respiratory virus:

  5. Use precautions to prevent spread

  6. Seek health care promptly for testing and/or treatment if you have risk factors for severe illness; treatment may help lower your risk of severe illness

When you may have a respiratory virus...‎

Stay home and away from others (including people you live with who are not sick) if you have respiratory virus symptoms that aren't better explained by another cause. These symptoms can include fever, chills, fatigue, cough, runny nose, and headache, among others.*

  1. You can go back to your normal activities when, for at least 24 hours, both are true:

  2. Your symptoms are getting better overall, and

  3. You have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication).

  4. When you go back to your normal activities, take added precaution over the next 5 days, such as taking additional steps for cleaner air, hygiene, masks, physical distancing, and/or testing when you will be around other people indoors. This is especially important to protect people with factors that increase their risk of severe illness from respiratory viruses.

  5. Keep in mind that you may still be able to spread the virus that made you sick, even if you are feeling better. You are likely to be less contagious at this time, depending on factors like how long you were sick or how sick you were.

  6. If you develop a fever or you start to feel worse after you have gone back to normal activities, stay home and away from others again until, for at least 24 hours, both are true: your symptoms are improving overall, and you have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication). Then take added precaution for the next 5 days.